Here’s a family you may recognize! Time for the annual photo shoot~ this time we went for a more studio look, even so, we were able to get a few shots that really spin, jump and point to fun. Meet the D Fam!
{the measure of a great dress- how does it look when twirled?}
{ready, set, JUMP!}
{Mom demonstrates one effective way of keeping a toddler on the backdrop: the upside-down maneuver}
{Hah! Joke’s on you! 😉 }
{and back to picture perfect!}
I’ve been so excited to post these shots! This session was the perfect combination of great weather, superb lighting, fun location and a beautiful family of seven.
{Can I just say I love these shots? Great job C-fam . . .thanks for a fun session!}
Here’s the story in a nutshell. My two girls were acting scrappy so I sent them to their shared room for a little quite time on their bunkbeds. All was peaceful and quiet for a while. Mothers know this is usually a sign of trouble.
Just then my oldest DD yells out, “Mom! A. has BLUE on almost her whole body!”
I jump up and run upstairs to their room. Sweet A. was sitting quietly on her bed as instructed, with a blue crayola marker and apparently not enough paper to scribble on. She did this instead:
As you can see, she is devastated at the consequence of coloring her body smurf-blue. Unfortunately, she doesn’t even know what smurfs are . . . so I couldn’t even use that one.
I was faced with a dilemma. Do I scold? Laugh? Cry? Get the camera? I got the camera . . . and told her we needed to take a picture to show her dad what she had done (trying to be stern, but holding in my laughter).
She was striking the poses, I tell you. Admiring her artistic creation. Amazingly enough, she didn’t get ANY marker on her bedding. I don’t know how, as you can see she was pretty thorough with this. She is also a lefty, as you can see her right arm was the more “artistically rendered” one.
Enough admiring. Off to the bath. As she smiled while the blue water filled the tub, I told her, “You’re going to be blue for a really long time.”
“Oh.” She casually replied.
Big sister added, “That’s not going to look very good at church!” (Always thinking ahead!)
Eventually the blue did come off and my darling A. emerged from her brief smurfdom.
The moral of the story: Beware the quiet child, as she is more likely to get into mischief.
Tonight {this morning?} I was feeling creative and apparently was having enough fun to forego sleeping and here are the results . . . my little cowgirl, taken from a photograph of my dd. I created this oil painting via corel painter and my wacom tablet . . . and I think I have just rediscovered a love for oil painting!
Some of you may know that my degree is in art education. I taught junior high art and photography for a few years, and have been a mural artist for the past 10 years. I only took one oil painting class in college and honestly didn’t fall in love with the mess, the long time oils take to dry, the fumes, the clean-up. Needless to say, my murals are all painted with water-based acrylic. My DH enjoys painting once in a while and prefers oil to acrylic, but not me.
So I can’t wait to create my next portrait! I had never installed this program until tonight. As an artist, I am surprised at how intuitive this program is. I really created this image in the same sequence that I would a 3-d painting. It takes quite a bit of time, and many layers are involved. There isn’t a magic button or setting to create a realistic oil painting . . . that is why the process was so rewarding for me. I think I may have this one printed on canvas masonite! I’ll let you know how it works out!
{I kept her face on the smooth side and the background/ bandana pop with a bold texture. Does she pass the test?}
For those of you who live in Utah, you know that we cycle through seasons quickly. For instance, one day is summer, the next winter, and the next autumn (in that order). Here’s are first dose of winter . . . and the kids could hardly contain themselves. It was all gone by the afternoon and we still have some green leaves on trees. Utah.
{mush! mush!}
{What a great family!!}
It is cold and rainy outside right now. I love that photography can happen anywhere, including in the comfort of home when the weather is too too cold–too wet–too windy–too dark. I am an on-location photographer which means I shoot at outdoor locations or I go to the homes of my clients. I love to find great places (often overlooked) to shoot within the home. I also love the simplicity of a pure white backdrop for fun, candid-type shots. It just makes the colors pop and eliminates the idea of a backdrop all together.
Here are some bright and cheery shots to bring a smile to your face!
{I love her curled toes and sweet gaze}
{Here’s a shot of lomo with a warm bkw overlay. Going for strong hues and contrast–perfect for a tutu shot!}
A fun autumn shoot from the past week- a beautiful family, beautiful home, beautiful season. I am so excited for this family to see the results from our shoot. I promised the mom that despite the efforts of her sweet {and precocious} 2 year-old to avoid the family photo shoot all together, we’d have some really fun shots. There are plenty, starting with . . .
{You may recognize this mother-baby duo from his March newborn session.
Check out their pictures here: Sweet Three Weeks
{…and see you latyer! I ‘ll end on this note, though I’d love to post more from this session!}
{I guess I’m on a digi-scrappin’ kick. I have too many photos of the kids that I love from our urban photo shoot. }
Here are a few samples from a storybook photoshop action I am working on. It goes especially well with grassy, nature shots!
and one “non storybook but definitely child friendly shot”:
{Hope you loved one big dose of summer photos, as we are now in autumn mode!}
